Africa News Headlines
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Reports of violence in Nigeria election for new governors
Millions of Nigerians have headed back to the polls for gubernatorial elections following a disputed presidential election last month
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Nigeria's old currency can be used longer amid cash crisis
Nigeria’s central bank has extended the timeline to swap out its old currency for redesigned notes after the change triggered a cash shortage
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Vice President Harris to visit Africa in latest US outreach
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is
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East coast African states ail from too much, too little rain
In the east and Horn of Africa, a harrowing drought
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Police: Extremists kill 25 fishermen in northeast Nigeria
Local authorities say that Islamic extremist rebels have killed 25 fishermen in an attack in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state
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Governments criticized for keeping women from peace talks
On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticized male-dominated governments for excluding women from peace negotiations
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Malnutrition rises in pregnant women in 12 at-risk countries
A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine
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South African leader grapples with ever-worsening power cuts
South Africa’s ever-worsening power crisis — putting homes and businesses without electricity for up to 10 hours per day — is strangling Africa’s most developed economy
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Police: Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12
The Nigeria Police Force says at least 12 people have died in an explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region
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WHO urges assistance to African nations facing cholera
A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to “quickly explode” as rainfall persists in some areas
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